New York Yankees --- 2009 World Series Champions

[InTheHole]

[InTheHole]

[SamsNCharge99]

[lyon804]

Congrats

[mr. leisure]

Never in doubt

[Shortstop]

Lookin' strong!

[InTheHole]

[The General]

Congrats to the fans

[The General]

Need something with the giants, jets, orangemen and bills around

[Sam Odom]

Was there ever any doubt ?



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[Jimmy0607]

They spent like 500 million dollars thats the least you can expect

[The General]

Pitching hell the bats were real Good

[The General]

They spent like 500 million dollars thats the least you can expect

I heard that. I wish we had a cap in bases for parity.

[InTheHole]

Spent the same amount last year...how about the mets?

[Augustus]

Congrats to New York and all Yankee fans

[BobHarvey]

There were a lot of teams who big payrolls who were watching at home. Burnett was one of the pricier free agents and I don't think he was that big of a factor.

The Phillies got beat by Jeter, Rivera, Posada and Joba too...all home grown guys.

P.S. I'm a life long Dodger fan and HATE the Yankees.

[fsugolf]

bring on #28

[smarmy]

still hate'em and their fans, but they are the best in baseball for approximately the next 365 days.

Congrats.

[The General]

For information only I was curious

2009 Team Payrolls

No. Team Payroll Average

1.New York Yankees $201,449,289 $7,748,050

2.New York Mets $135,773,988 $4,849,071

3.Chicago Cubs $135,050,000 $5,402,000

4.Boston Red Sox $122,696,000 $4,089,867

5.Detroit Tigers $115,085,145 $4,110,184

6.Los Angeles Angels $113,709,000 $4,061,036

7.Philadelphia Phillies $113,004,048 $4,185,335

8.Houston Astros $102,996,415 $3,814,682

9.Los Angeles Dodgers $100,458,101 $4,018,324

10.Seattle Mariners $98,904,167 $3,532,292

11.Atlanta Braves $96,726,167 $3,335,385

12.Chicago White Sox $96,068,500 $3,694,942

13.St. Louis Cardinals $88,528,411 $3,278,830

14.San Francisco Giants $82,161,450 $3,043,017

15.Cleveland Indians $81,625,567 $3,023,169

16.Toronto Blue Jays $80,993,657 $2,892,631

17.Milwaukee Brewers $79,857,502 $3,194,300

18.Colorado Rockies $75,201,000 $2,785,222

19.Arizona Diamondbacks $73,571,667 $2,724,877

20.Cincinnati Reds $70,968,500 $2,957,021

21.Kansas City Royals $70,908,333 $2,727,244

22.Texas Rangers $68,646,023 $2,367,104

23.Baltimore Orioles $67,101,667 $2,580,833

24.Minnesota Twins $65,299,267 $2,251,699

25.Tampa Bay Rays $63,313,035 $2,183,208

26.Oakland Athletics $62,310,000 $2,225,357

27.Nationals $59,328,000 $2,045,793

28.Pirates $48,743,000 $1,874,731

29.San Diego Padres $42,796,700 $1,528,454

30.Florida Marlins $36,814,000 $1,314,786

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/salaries

[The General]

There were a lot of teams who big payrolls who were watching at home. Burnett was one of the pricier free agents and I don't think he was that big of a factor.

The Phillies got beat by Jeter, Rivera, Posada and Joba too...all home grown guys.

P.S. I'm a life long Dodger fan and HATE the Yankees.

Mostly cubs and braves for me as a kid because of WGN and TBS, but mid 80's I turned to Dodgers for some reason and been a closet fan ever since.